New York Mets move to second round of Interviews for potential manager
Major League Baseball is going through the off season period and top teams are looking to do their best as the on field pressure is out and managers now have the ability to concentrate more on the off field problems that are persisting at the moment. The
time to decide who stays and who goes out has come, in terms of players and coaches. Teams are naturally restructuring and with the turn of the year, ball clubs are expected to move on with their current system and prepare for the next campaign in Major League
baseball, which will start in April, 2011.
For now the pressure isn’t on the players and the managers. The General Managers are making hard line decisions and one of the prime concerns has to deal with cost aversions and revenue generation. The Chicago Cubs are thinking of expanding, while the Baltimore
Orioles are cutting off minor league teams outside the Dominican Republic. The chase to sign the best of crops of players from the free agents’ market is another look at the problem, at the moment. Small teams are looking at economical deals while the big
fish in the pond are competing for the top ace in the pack.
The New York Mets are one team that are looking at restructuring their organization with personnel change. Sandy Alderson is the new General Manager and recently, he has been holding talks to nominate a new manager, who will replace the ousted Charlie Samuels
on the manager’s seat. Possible candidates are rumoured to be ten in all, but second calls have been issued to Bob Melvin, Clint Hurdle and Terry Collins. The second round of interviews is set to begin soon and a new skipper will be decided by Thanksgiving,
according to Alderson.
Alderson recently made an appearance in a show and talked about the managerial possibilities. He said, "There's a value in having done it before. I don't think there's any question about that. But there's also a value in already being a part of the Mets
organization and having a familiarity with players on our Major League roster, having a relationship with members of the existing coaching staff, knowing some of our Minor League coaches and managers and what have you, having been in New York; either living
in New York or experiencing the atmosphere here for a year or so."
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